Streaming Archive

Yes, you read that headline correctly. Your Xbox One games will soon be stream-able to any Windows 10 PC or tablet. If you weren’t able to watch the Windows 10 Consumer Preview on Wednesday the 21st, then you missed out. It was a great show, and a lot of cool stuff was revealed for the Windows 10 platform.

The entire time I was watching, I had this feeling that streaming Xbox One games would finally be announced. Just before Phil Spencer — head of Xbox — said the magic words, I tweeted this:

Online retailer Amazon has acquired Twitch for a cool $970 million in cash. After being courted by Google for a couple of months, this deal came somewhat as a surprise.

In a public letter to the Twitch community, CEO Emmett Shear wrote, “We chose Amazon because they believe in our community, they share our values and long-term vision, and they want to help us get there faster.”

XBLA Fans will continue streaming weekly sessions of game play by our reporters, writers, and editors. There is a weekly feature currently and more impromptu streams that will be scheduled each week. Be sure to tune in to the XBLA Fans twitch channel each week for new streams.

Originally announced back at E3, Microsoft generated a lot of excitement when it announced that Twitch streaming would be coming to Xbox One. However, just days before the system launched, Microsoft backtracked, saying that while a Twitch app for watching streams would be available, Twitch streaming would not make it in time for the console’s launch.

With Titanfall, arguably the biggest exclusive for Xbox One this year, ready to drop on March 11, Microsoft has put the pedal to the metal in preparation for its launch beginning with the updates to the friends and party system on March 4 and announcing that Twitch streaming will finally be headed to Xbox One on March 11 to coincide with the release of Titanfall.

Players will be able to begin streaming any game after March 11 by simply using the phrase “Xbox, Broadcast.” Also, Twitch on Xbox One boasts the most comprehensive Twitch streaming experience on consoles by allowing for archiving of streams, picture-in-picture video feed and audio commentary, the ability to snap Twitch chat while broadcasting, as well as allowing viewers to send friend or party requests or even join in the host’s game. Note that only Xbox Live Gold members will have the ability to stream games.